Technology and the Arts – Episode 56 (11.16.2012) features lightly edited audio from a live Google+ Hangouts On AIr that Brian Kelley and John LeMasney conducted October 8, 2012. In this installment, we discuss NFC tags and their many potential uses, a Brian Eno-created music creation app for the iPad called Scape and a “lost” Steve Jobs speech from 1983 design conference held in Aspen, Colorado…and a whole lot more. File size: 13.5 MB. Time: 55 min., 20 sec. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney.

Technology and the Arts – Episode 56 (11.16.2012) features lightly edited audio from a live Google+ Hangouts On AIr that Brian Kelley and John LeMasney conducted October 8, 2012. In this installment, we discuss NFC tags and their many potential uses, a Brian Eno-created music creation app for the iPad called Scape and a “lost” Steve Jobs speech from 1983 design conference held in Aspen, Colorado…and a whole lot more. File size: 13.5 MB. Time: 55 min., 20 sec. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney.

Brian discussed Scape, a music composition app for the iPad from the innovative musical mind of Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers for Generative Music (see the demonstration in the YouTube player above the video version of this episode).

Technology and the Arts – Episode 55 (11.09.2012) features lightly edited audio from a live Google+ Hangouts On AIr that John LeMasney and I conducted October 1, 2012. In this installment, John discusses Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads exhibit currently installed at Princeton University, as well a documentary about the artist-activist called “Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry.” Meanwhile, Brian talks about the interactive Open Air installation in Philadelphia that transformed recorded messages into searchlight formations over the Ben Franklin Parkway from Sept. 20 through Oct. 14. Plus, Brian shares some thoughts on the Doctor Who season 7 fall finale…and a whole lot more. File size: 8 MB. Time: 32 min., 58 sec. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney.

Technology and the Arts – Episode 55 (11.09.2012) features lightly edited audio from a live Google+ Hangouts On AIr that John LeMasney and I conducted October 1, 2012. In this installment, John discusses Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads exhibit currently installed at Princeton University, as well a documentary about the artist-activist called “Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry.” Meanwhile, Brian talks about the interactive Open Air installation in Philadelphia that transformed recorded messages into searchlight formations over the Ben Franklin Parkway from Sept. 20 through Oct. 14. Plus, Brian shares some thoughts on the Doctor Who season 7 fall finale…and a whole lot more. File size: 8 MB. Time: 32 min., 58 sec. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney.

Also, Brian admitted that he cried at the end of the season 7 fall finale of Doctor Who—featuring the final journey of Amy Pond and Rory Williams—that aired on BBC America on Sept. 29…a Pond Farewell, indeed.

Technology and the Arts – Episode 54 (11.02.2012) features a statement on post-tropical cyclone Sandy and its devastating impacts on the mid-Atlantic and northeast regions of the United States, followed by lightly edited audio from a live Google+ Hangouts On AIr that John LeMasney and I conducted on September 24, 2012. In this installment, John shares his experience of a night of stargazing at Princeton University’s Peyton Observatory, while Brian shares his thoughts on seeing Peter Gabriel in concert in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the release of his classic album, So. John and Brian then discuss the Apple Maps app debacle…and a whole lot more. File size: 13.1 MB. Time: 51 min., 53 sec. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney.

Also, Brian admitted that he cried at the end of the fall finale of Doctor Who—featuring the final journey of Amy Pond and Rory Williams—that aired on BBC America last Saturday…a Pond Farewell, indeed.